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what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 16:35
by rallye69
sorry know its in the forum somewhere , but which colour wire do i need from battery light in dash to connect to terminal 86 on a relay for split charge system ?

Re: what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 16:40
by itchyfeet
Blue

Re: what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 18:41
by rallye69
thanks

Re: what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 18:49
by itchyfeet
Safer that way yes, if not you could have a leak or short to the body and get an electric shock

Last year in France i was leaning on the van and kept getting a sharp scratch from the sliding door, happened several times then i looked and could see no sharp bits, took me while to realise it was electrical, i had about 120vac leak to the van body through a wet mains connector, not much current but enough to hurt

still not got around to earthing it though :oops:

Re: what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 19:12
by bigherb
itchyfeet wrote:Safer that way yes, if not you could have a leak or short to the body and get an electric shock

Last year in France i was leaning on the van and kept getting a sharp scratch from the sliding door, happened several times then i looked and could see no sharp bits, took me while to realise it was electrical, i had about 120vac leak to the van body through a wet mains connector, not much current but enough to hurt

still not got around to earthing it though :oops:

Whats that got to do with a 12v split charge system?

Re: what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 19:24
by itchyfeet
Nothing but he asked another question which he has now edited out making me look like a plonker
it was something like should i connect my mains hookup earth to the body of the van?

must remember to quote people :lol:

Re: what colour wire ?

Posted: 24 Jul 2014, 20:31
by Oldiebut goodie
I thought that is what you were answering but it was in a different thread! I didn't realize that it was here. :D